No, the person you are tweeting doesn't have to be following you but if you want to send them a direct message (which is private) then they do have to be following you!

The thing with Twitter is don't try and compare it to Facebook which a lot of people seem to do. It is not about sharing photos and personal info. it is basically a mini blogging site that you can update as often or as little as you like.

I use it personally and for my business so I can connect with lots of people that I otherwise probably would never have come across and business wise it means I can connect with my customers.

I also (sadly) love that you can in effect talk to directly to some celebs in way that you could never do before.

I think I have bigged up Twitter enough now (and I promise I don't work for them!!!)

Hi swizzle! YOu sound like a Twitter expert.I am also very sad and love the fact that you can talk to celebs lol. Im guessing they dont reply to everyone bcoz there must be hundreds of tweets for them but can they actually see when i tweet them? Wonder if you have to be a lucky one to get a reply!! how very sad i am lol x

LOL newlook!! Erm, not sure if I am a Twitter expert but I use it a lot so anything I can do to help, please ask!!Yes, if you tweet a celeb they will be able to see it. I imagine that some of them get a lot of tweets and so I am not sure how much time they spend looking at them all but you never know.I have tweeted Annabel Karmel in the past and had a response from her which was nice.